(03-17-2012, 05:59 AM)Hair Scare Wrote: Thanks for the advice! So benq, when you were growing it out preparing to wear, how long were you able to go with the concealers? When you started wearing you said you cut it to an inch? But did it take a full year to grow to that length? I think when I start wearing I want a longer, shaggy look, but i'm worried I wont be able to grow my real hair very long and still make concealers work. I have been using Caboki and have been pretty impressed. It matches my color perfectly and makes my hair look much fuller. If you look super close up it kind of looks dusty, but it works the best i've found so far. But do you think a longer style can look full with concealers? I appreciate the help, i'm really hoping wearing works out this time!

You shouldnt be trying to get your hairstyle right using conealers, keep a shorter style that makes your hair look full, all you are trying to do at this point is convice everyone your hair is thickening back up. Tell people it was stress an alopecia if they ask, just keep it cropped and get it looking nice and thick until you are happy everyone has accepted your hair is thick again.

Then, move over to a short cut system that matches your concealer style (might be a bit longer but keep it flat and to the same style). Keep it like that for a month and then slowly start to style it they way you ant it, then after a few weeks swap to a slightly longer one if you want but match the style the same, thats the important part. Then slowly change it to match where you want to go and so on and so on until your have your look.